Pipelining: Attractive Programs for Women: The Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia Initiative: Increasing the participation of women in South Asia’s energy and power sector

December 1, 2021 by Leslie Prives

When the World Bank was looking to build an initiative aimed at promoting female engineering in South Asia, it contacted Ramalatha Marimuthu for assistance. Marimuthu is world renowned for her support of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields as a retired professor, an IEEE Impact Creator, former chair of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), founder of IEEE’s international talent show Youth Endeavours For Social Innovation Using Sustainable Technology (YESIST12) and the Returning Mothers Conference, and a leader of and participant in numerous other women’s-empowerment activities. All of this work made Marimuthu the perfect central contact with whom to kick off the idea for the Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia (WePOWER).

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Leslie Prives

Leslie Prives is a freelance writer living in New York City.

IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine is the first magazine to focus on issues facing women who study or work in IEEE’s fields of interest.

IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine strives to recognize women’s outstanding achievements in electrical and electronics engineering as well as enhance networking and to promote membership in IEEE Women in Engineering.

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